Say "Hello!" to chapter 2!

Chapter 2: Call me Kanye

Frank was a little bummed when Hazel said she couldn't go to the party. And if he was completely honest, he didn't even want to go to the party. He hates high school parties. He just wanted to go to a social event with her, not with Valdez.

How could have I been so stupid? Frank thought. It was her first year here, well her first day. And he thought it was appropriate to ask her to a high school party? Yeah, he was really gonna get on her brothers good side. Because everyone knows how darn easy that it.

After Hazel and Nico left, he and Leo got in a small argument.

"Dude, how could you be so inconsiderate about her brother earlier? You probably hurt her feelings, insulting him like that!''

Leo crossed his arms and stood up straight, showing off how insignificant his height was compared to Franks. "Me? You were the one who shot down the idea of bringing him to the party! I think that was way more insulting. I mean, I personally know that Nico hates people. You just assumed he hated parties!''

Franks shoulders tightened as he was tempted to punch this kid in the face. "Shut up you dwarf." And with that, Frank pushed passed the scowling Leo and headed into the parking lot. He saw the kids loading on the bus and sighed, knowing he had to ride that monstrous, yellow vehicle. He pulled up his backpack and began walking over when heard two familiar voices-

"Yo Frank come here!"

He shot his head around to see Percy sitting in the drivers seat of Annabeths car, while she stood with her head sticking out of the sunroof waving him down.

A smile broke across Franks face as he jogged over top them. He had seen them tons of times this summer, and even today in class, but he was still happy to see them. "Hey guys."

Percy pointed his thumb toward the backseat and shrugged, "Wanna lift? We go the same way."

Frank glanced back at the buses, then nodded and nearly flew into the car when he saw Clarisse pushing a bunch of kids out of her way.

Frank closed the door behind him and buckled himself in. Annabeth turned to him, her tan face stood out next to her extremely blonde hair. "How was your day Frank?"

Frank nodded and smiled. "Yeah it was good. Except earlier I saw this crazy girl screaming at Leo and Hazel about how she was a 'home wrecker'."

Percy and Annabeth shared a look like they were trying to conceal laughter. ''We saw that crazy girl too!" Annabeth said.

Percy nodded at he pulled out of the parking lot, nearly killing Connor and Travis Stoll who were chasing Katie Garnder with a water gun. She shouted and threw random items from her bag at them. Frank wondered if that was considered weaponry and if they could be expelled.

"Yeah." Percy said. "I'm just a bit confused as to what she is gonna do with that picture of us."

Annabeth shrugged.

"Probably has a bunch more. She'll probably hang it up in her garage with all the others." Percy snorted, while Annabeth nudged him in the ribs. "Speaking of Leo..." she started.

Franks face paled. Sure him and Valdez were ''friends'', but they also kind of hated each other. He could only imagine what Leo had said or done.

"We just passed him before we saw you-"

"Yeah and he said we should run you over if we see you." Percy butted in.

Annabeth scowled in annoyance at her boyfriends rudeness but nodded in agreement.

Frank just sat back in response. "Well thanks for not running me over."

Percy smiled sarcastically. "No problem dude."

Annabeth turned around more in her seat and stared at Frank. "What happened?''

Frank sighed, realizing how childish their argument was. "I thought he hurt Hazels feelings so I yelled at him, which started an argument."

Annabeth nodded, concluding she understood. "Leo hurt Hazel's feeling? I would have slapped him if I was there. What did he do?"

Frank scowled as he remembered what Leo had said. "He made fun of Hazel's brother."

Percy and Annabeth shared a look, as if the subject of Nico was uncomfortable for them. Frank made a mental not to ask them about it later.

"Poor Nico.." Annabeth muttered. "I haven't talked to him in forever."

Percy nodded in agreement. Frank didn't say anything, but thought it was best to change the subject since it was getting too awkward in there. Talking about the girl he is in love with's brother, was a very awkward subject. Percy beat him to it though, "What are you doing later man?"

Frank shrugged. "My grandma said I have tons of chores to do later. What are you guys up to?"

Annabeth pulled a humongous textbook from her bag. "Studying."

Percy glanced at Frank and gave him a look indicating that this girl was crazy.

She held out a piece of paper to Frank which he accepted and immediately began observing. "What's this?"

"The teacher literally gave him a schedule of what days his test will be throughout the year and what they will be on. We are starting early." She responded with a wink.

Percy let out a groan, while Frank laughed at his misfortune. "I think I'll pass.''

"No no no! I was gonna invite you to hangout after the death sentence." Percy interjected.

Annabeth shrugged. ''It could be a death sentence. I don't date idiots, so if you don't cooperate, I will kill you."

Frank smiled. Watching their relationship grow had been a blast. He hadn't known them back when they first met, but he could only imagine what they were as, like, twelve year olds. For a while he was more interested in their relationship than his own, until Hazel caught his eye. "Isn't he your first boyfriend?''

Annabeth's face flushed and Percy let out a loud laugh. Frank felt a little bad for embarrassing her like that.

''Yeah," Percy grinned. "So it means she only dates idiots."

Although Percy was driving, Annabeth gave him a shove which caused him to swerve with a loud squeak. He spun the car so it was perfectly parallel parked between two other cars in front of Frank's house.

They all sat there for a moment, stunned that they didn't crash into a tree or something. ''That..that was convenient.." Frank finally said.

Annabeth's ears were kind of pink, probably embarrassed about the boyfriend thing, and now for almost killing them. ''My bad..."

Frank then got out of the car, said goodbye, and headed for the front door.

He met his grandma who was preparing something for dinner. "Fai, come here."

Frank obeyed his grandmother and walked over to her. "Hey grandmoth-!'' He was cut off by a spoonful of some sort of soup being shoved into his mouth.

"Good?" she asked.

He nodded in response with a "Mhm!"

She nodded and gave him a half a smile. "Yes Fai. Now here.'' She shoved a typical Chinese scroll to him. "Go do your chores."

Frank reluctantly opened the scroll, where it revealed to go down to his feet. He sighed and decided it would be best to start now.

After about a few hours of chores, it was nearly 9:30. The Asian boy checked his phone, discovering there were dozens of messages from Percy. He responded saying he couldn't hang out, for he was just too darn tired.

After scrubbing down the whole kitchen, two toilets, and other disgusting things, he decided to take a quick shower. Then he called it a night.

Leo entered the school the next morning and headed for the vending machines for a snack. He had skipped breakfast that morning and was now regretting it. He was greeted by Piper who was getting two granola bars from the machine.

"Hey Leo!" She said holding up the granola bars. "What's up?"

He smiled while fluttering his dollar under her nose. "Uncle Leo needs some munchies. What about you Beauty Queen?"

Piper rolled her eyes at the nickname. After Leo found out that Pipers mother entered her in a beauty competition once when she was little, and she actually won, he wouldn't give up on the name. "Jason asked me to get some granola bars. I'm gonna meet him by his locker."

Leo nodded as he pulled out his Doritos from the machine.

Piper scrunched her nose. "You're gonna eat Doritos for breakfast?"

Leo popped the bag open and shoved like five in his mouth at once. "It's like an energy boost. Makes me all strong and stuff."

Piper gave him a confused smile. "Strong?" She grabbed one of his noodle arms and shook it.

He snatched it back. "Well Beauty Queen, we can't all look like Jason."

Piper held her hands to her face and laughed, still holding the granola bars. "You're right about one thing."

They began down the hallway to meet Jason, when Leo spotted Hazel. She was at her locker, when Frank came up behind her. They were smiling at each other, and being all cute and stuff. He groaned and munched harder on her chips.

Piper seemed to notice the mood change. "What's your problem?"

He shook his head. "Look at me I'm Frank! I look like a baby sumo wrestler and I'm as big as an elephant!'' He mocked.

Piper frowned at his response, because she respected Frank as a close friend. She then followed his gaze down the hallway. Piper being Piper understood. "Oh. So you like Hazel?" She grinned.

Leo rolled his eyes and a sprinkle of blush appeared across his nose. "What? N-no... Frank is just super annoying..." He stuffed his face with another chip. The biggest obstacle in his way was his own guilt. He felt kind of bad that he was crushing on Hazel, when he knew Frank was too. Leo didn't realize his feelings for her until the previous school year and he knows Frank has had a thing for her since about two years ago. Yet he still felt it was a priority for Frank to know that he isn't more dominant than Leo

Piper raised her eyebrows and nodded, deciding to drop the subject. She was pretty good at deciphering these things. She could tell Leo had a thing for Hazel. But she also knew it was a small thing and hopefully it would pass. They didn't need rivalries in this group.

Leo and her met Jason at his locker, so she handed him his granola bar. "Thanks Pipes." He smiled and accepted the bar.

As if on cue, Hazel and Frank both walked up. "Hey guys!" the younger girl greeted.

Piper smiled and walked over to Hazel. "Hey Hazel, how was your first day of high school yesterday?"

Hazel held up her hands as if she were weighing something. "Not bad.. Except there were a pair of twins who dumped water all over my books!"

Just then, Percy and Annabeth walked up hand in hand. "The Stoll brothers eh?" Percy asked.

Leo's smile lit up the room. "Oh yeah I know those guys! They're cool, I learned some cool pranks from them."

Jason smirked, "Yeah, where they tested them out on you first."

This earned laughs from the rest of the group. "Hey! I always beat you in our prank wars so you can't judge!" Leo deflected.

Hazel put a hand on Leo's shoulder. "Aww it's okay! Were all losers."

This earned a few more laughs, and then Annabeth began pulling our her schedule. "Piper you had math with me first hour right?"

She nodded. "Yup." she said popping the 'p'.

Percy pulled his schedule out too. ''Yeah, Jason and I have science. It's down the same hallway, we can walk with you too."

Frank nodded. ''Hazel and I have English. Same hall too."

Everyone glanced at Leo. "Wood shop," he grinned. They all smiled too, knowing they could walk as a crew to class. As they walked down the hall, from the corner of his eye, Leo noticed Hazel snag a kid by the arm.

It was obviously her brother. His face was buried back in the hood of his over-sized hoody. He had black skinny jeans with holes, old ratty black converse, and his messy hair covered his eyes.

"Nico, wanna walk to class with us?" She asked brightly.

Nico seemed to scan the group, who all smiled happily at him. They were trying to seem friendly, although they didn't know Nico as well as they could have.

There was an awkward silence for a second before Jason said, "Yeah come on Nico. It wont be so bad."

Nico widened his eyes for a second then took a step back, shoving his hands in his pockets. "No thanks..."

Hazel placed a hand on his shoulder. "Please?"

She noticed his eyes scan the group again. When his eyes settled on Percy, who returned it with a half smile, he scowled. "No Hazel." And with that, he turned around the corner and took a different route to class.

They stood staring after him for a second until Hazel broke the silence. "Well come on guys! Lets go to class." She said with fake cheerfulness.

Will rolled his eyes while Octavian and Rachel quarreled with each other for the thousandth time today. They were arguing over who's sketch of Barack Obama was better. In Will's opinion, any picture of Obama wasn't worth much, but he had to admit that Rachel's was much better. Octavian's looked liked a deformed potato head.

He was disgusted that he was related to that guy.

Sure they were like tenth cousins a hundred times removed, but it was still super disturbing, and he wanted nothing to do with him.

Art class was not particularly his favorite class, but Will was quite good at it. Most of his family on his dad's side were artistic or musical, and that's why everyone was a bit confused when he was interested in the medical field. But that's why he was good at art; he had graceful hands.

When class was over, he was relieved. He was pretty sure that if he stuck in that room with Octavian any longer, he would loose his chill and call him a loser or something.

He made his way to his locker while a few jerks made comments about his flip flops. Will shrugged off the comments, not really caring what other people thought.

He stopped to pick up his lunch at his locker and met up with Clarisse in the lunchroom. He wasn't really close friends with Clarisse, but neither him or her had many friends in this lunch period. And beside Silena, he was the only one who could talk to her like a normal person without getting their heads ripped off.

He sat down across from her, noticing how there was no one else at all sitting at their table. "Where did everyone go?"

Clarisse took a big bite of her ham sandwich. "I yelled at them to all leave, what do you think happened blondie?" She snapped, spewing chewed up bread and ham.

He held his hands up and widened his eyes. "Chill Clarisse."

She continued scowling and took another bite of her sandwich. "Sorry.." she grumbled. "It's just, Chris is still in the hospital...I'm worried. I hate talking to those stupid doctors."

Will winced at her attitude toward the doctors, but then nodded in sympathy. "If you want I can go down and visit him today and let you know what's going on with him?"

Clarissed grumbled something under her breath. "Nah its okay Solace.."

He nodded and he began eating his lunch in silence. Most people didn't realize it, but Clarisse actually had a heart. He was thinking off ways he might be able to help her, when he noticed a dark blur from the corner of his eye. He turned to see what it was about, and because the fates have a sense of humor, of course it had to be Nico.

Nico moved to the corner of the cafeteria and sat at a fairly empty table. Will noticed how the kid didn't go buy a lunch or even bring one. He wondered what that was about. Will didn't know Nico very well, or at all really. All he knew was that he wore dark colors and was mad a lot. Of course, Will cared for Nico. He was gonna be a doctor so he cared for everyone. He wouldn't even mind being friends with the younger boy, but as of right now, he didn't like Nico di Angelo's bitter attitude.

A hand snapping it's fingers in front of his face brought him back to reality. "Hey Sunshine it's not nice to stare. Just go talk to that little turkey instead of looking all dooey eyed." Clarisse said rolling her eyes.

Will widened his eyes at her, still a bit confused. Then it became clear: she thought he had eyes for Nico.

His ears turned a shade of red and he shook his head. "Gosh no Clarisse." But then he thought about. He had told Nico that they would talk more.

So he shrugged and stood up. "Actually, fine Clarisse. I'm gonna go talk to that dude, but not for the reason you think."

She shrugged and smirked at him, then muttered something about how he is full of baloney.

Will walked over and sat right across from Nico, who slowly lifted his head from his book. They locked eyes for a second without speaking. He noticed how dark Nico's eyes really were. They were, like, actually black.

''What do you want Solace?" Nico finally asked.

Will shrugged pushing some blonde hair out of his tan face. "Why are you sitting by yourself?"

Nico put his elbows on the table. "Because. I don't like sitting with other people."

"Not true." Will deflected. "No one likes being alone. I'm sure some people like being your friend, or want to be your friend."

Nico frowned and went back to his book.

Will sat over the table on his elbows and looked at Nico's book. "Wheres your lunch?"

Nico's eyes continued to scan the page, but his face heated up at how close Will was to him. His eyebrow irked in frustration, "Have you seen the lunches here? I think they expired before I was born."

Will smirked when he realized that Nico had unknowingly made a joke. But then became serious again, realizing this kid needed guidance. ''Why don't you bring lunch then? Do you see how skinny you are?"

Nico pulled his head back at those words and felt his body thermometer shatter. "What?"

Will rolled his eyes and sat back in his seat. "Dude, I'm a future doctor. I notice these things. You think I haven't noticed that scar on your forehead? Besides, it's no secret you're a walking stick. So answer my question."

Nico was taken back that Will had noticed such mall details, but then gritted his teeth in annoyance. ''I'm fine."

The blonde boy held up his palms and closed his eyes. "Fine, but you better not kill yourself. I can't have that on my conscious. Besides, I don't think I have ever seen so much as smile from you."

Nico settled his eyes on Will's rainbow bracelet, wondering if it was supporting a particular cause... He regained his composure, closed his book and said, "Not true at all. Back in middle school during winter when the temperature was, like 5 degrees, was great. You looked so good in the five coats, eight pairs of gloves, and three hats you wore."

The freckles on Will's nose were replaced by a shade of pink. "Hey, I am sensitive to the cold!"

Nico smirked in triumph. When Will broke out into a grin, Nico was curious as to what he was happy about. "What?"

Will shrugged. He wasn't quite sure why, but he was having a good time. "See? This wasn't a total waste of time! You actually smiled.''

Nico furrowed his eyebrows. "I did not smile."

Nico's denial made Will's grin wider. "Yes you did! You just did!"

Nico stubbornly shook his head.

Will stretched his arms and glanced at Clarisse who was laughing at the whole scene. "Whatever, little guy, whatever you say.'' He stood up, and when Nico did too, he was startled.

"Don't call me 'little guy'! I am not a little guy!" he snarled.

"Really?" Will smirked and took a step toward him. He held up his hand, measuring the height of them. He was almost a whole foot taller than him. "Because...according to me, you are."

Nico was grateful when the obnoxious sophomore walked away, because his face was completely flushed.

He watched as Will walked toward Clarisse who was clutching her stomach and gave him an air high five.

He crossed his arms and sat back down and stared at the table, not wanting anyone to see his pink face. It would be way too obvious, considering his pale complexion. He didn't care how much he blushed, or the knots that were built in his stomach.

He hated Will Solace.

"How do you think this one looks?" Hazel asked as she held up the hanger with a purple ruffle skirt.

Annabeth shrugged, while holding the bags of cloths they previously bought at Macy's. "Ask Piper. She is better at this stuff."

Hazel looked toward Piper, who was busy looking at a magazine of the different feathers she could get in her hair. ''What? Oh I think it looks good. It would look extra cute with a black tank top."

Hazel nodded. "How are you so good with this fashion stuff?"

Piper shrugged, fingering one of the braids in her hair. "I dunno. I don't even care about fashion all that much."

Hazel shrugged walking into the changing room. "Hey I'm not complaining."

After Hazel disappeared behind the door, Piper turned her attention to Annabeth, who looked very deep in thought. "Annabeth, what's wrong?" She asked, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Annabeth looked up, clasping her hands together. "It's just... Percy."

Piper scowled and bawled him fists. "Percy? What did he do to you? Is he pressuring you? Because I will go kill him right now!" Piper snapped starting to stomp off.

Annabeth widened her eyes and caught Piper's hand. "No Piper, no. He is just... too amazing."

Piper blinked and her jaw dropped. "That's a problem because...?"

Annabeth stared at her hands. "I saw like two girls in between classes try and get with him today..''

Piper nodded, feeling bad that Annabeth had to go through this again. "Did you hear what was said?''

Annabeth shook her head. "I saw them say something. And all I heard him say was 'sorry I have a girlfriend,'" she answered with half a smile.

Piper embraced Annabeth and smiled. "See? Percy is a good guy. He loves you."

Annabeth pulled away and smiled. "And you were ready to go kick his butt."

Piper nodded. "I'm always ready."

At that moment Hazel exited the dressing room. "How do I look?"

Annabeth and Piper smiled. The purple complimented her golden eyes perfectly. ''Looks good." Piper winked.

Annabeth nodded. "Yeah, you'll have boys begging you to go to homecoming with them.''

Hazel blushed. "I don't know about that Annabeth... I don't think I'll be going to homecoming anyway..."

Piper looked away while she thought about Leo and Frank who both most likely wanted to ask her.

Annabeth scoffed. "What are you talking about? If I'm going, you're going."

Hazel shrugged innocently and decided it was best to not argue.

After changing back into her regular cloths, Hazel walked up to Annabeth. "Wait, is Percy forcing you to go?"

Annabeth shrugged as she looked through the dresses on the hangers. ''No. But he claims were the new 'power couple'."She smirked using air quotations.

Hazel pulled her frizzy hair up in a ponytail and fixed her crinkled, purple shirt. "Ohh I see. You'll be the new Jay-Z and Beyonce, Kim and Kanye, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie."

Annabeth dropped the dress she was holding and shook her head but was cracking up. "No! No no no no no!"

Hazel and Piper glanced at each other and laughed.

Annabeth picked up the dress and shoved Hazel in the arm. "Now I won't be able to look at Percy without Kanye's face forming in my brain." She laughed.

Hazel giggled, and was happy that she was friends with older girls. She recalled the girls in her grade being judgmental snobs. There were obviously girls like that in her new school, but she was happy that she had such great friends. She just wished she could say the same for her brother...

During their laugh fest, Piper's phone went off. She walked to a different rack and plugged her ear so she could hear what the person on the other line said.

"Hello?"

"Piper! It's Leo!"

Piper furrowed her brow. "Did you get a new phone? Why didn't your caller ID come up?"

She heard Leo let out a huff of frustration. "I'm using a payphone."

That confused Piper. She didn't even know payphones still existed. "Why-?!"

"That's not important right now!" He hissed. He actually sounded serious which worried her. "I have some information."

As Piper finished up on the phone, Hazel and Annabeth went to see what was up. Piper slowly hung up the phone and turned to face her friends.

Hazel and Annabeth exchanged worried glances. After seeing how pale Piper looked, Annabeth gripped her shoulder, worried that she might actually fall. "Piper what's wrong? Who was that?"

She nodded slowly as she stared at the mannequin across the room. "It was Leo.."

Hazels eyes widened. "Leo? Is he okay?"

Piper nodded again. "Yeah, yeah..He's fine."

Annabeth through her hands up. "What's the problem?" she demanded with panic in her voice.

Piper swallowed and held in her tears. "Drew.. Drew..she..she asked Jason to homecoming."

Hazel and Annabeth gasped. "It's okay." Hazel assured her. "Jason is a good guy. He wouldn't hurt you."

The Cherokee girl shook her head and let a tear drip down her cheek. "No..Hazel...He said yes."

Hey guys! Thanks for the small amount of reviews i got! They were making me happy!

Ans yes my dear friend Silverstorm there will be much Percabeth and Solangelo! (Probably the most Solangelo because there is something about that ship that make my heart explode..)

Anyways, this was chapter two, and I know it was like 2,000 words shorter but...

Any who! I would love for more reviews! Pleaze! They make me happy!

Also, don't expect updates this fast usually. I already had both chapter typed up when I posted chapter one soo... But I have chapter three half done!

Until next time~MyLifeIsALie